Tagging-needle



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Patented May 31, 1898,

|NVENT OR J IWITNEssEs UNITED STATES PATENT CFEICIE.

IIAIJF TO RICIIARD C. WARNER,

OF NAUGATUCK, GONNEC'lIClU'I.`

TAGGlNG-NEEDLE.

,SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.. 604,759,1dated May 31, A189.8.

Application led August 30, 1897.` Serial No. 649,952. (,No model.)

To all whom, it 771,614/ concern.:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Union City, in the county of New Haven land State or shoes together-fmay then be manipulated to cut od the cord, and then manipulated to tie a knot in the cord. This knot'm'ayormay not be a bowknot, as preferred.

With these ends in View I have devised a simple andI novel hand-tool which I havev 'termed a tagging-needle and which I will now proceed to describe, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a View of my novel tagging-needle, the sheathbeing at its .normal position; Fig. 2, a similar view, the tool having been given a half-turn to show the reverse side of the sheath, thehandle being in section; Fig.

3, a section on the line w .fr in Fig. 2, showingy -theposition of the parts after'the needle has been passed through the articles to be at'- tached together, the sheath being still at the retracted position; Fig. 4, a view of the end of the sheath at its normal position, cord having been drawn through the tube and the Cut` ter being in position to cut the cord. Figs.V 5, G, 7, 8, and 9 are views illustrating the operation of tying a knot in the cord; Fig. 10, (see Sheet 1,) a side and end view of the sheath, illustrating another form of Cutter;

and Fig. 11 is a detail sectional View illu'sf.

trating a form of needle in which a tensionspring is placed in the needle itself.

1 denotes a handle; 2, a recess therein closed at .the base of the handle by a head 3;

' 4, a tube which passes through the head and extends the entire length of the handle, the

`.othcrend extending beyond the handle, as

clearly shown in Fig. 3; 5`,'a needle rigidly secu red in the end of the tube .which extends beyond the handle; 6, a sheath which incloses the tube and in its normal position incloses the' needle and is provided at its inner end with a head 7, andS a spring lying inv recess 2, the ends of which bear, respectively, against head 4'3 and head 7 and the action of which is to retain the sheath at its normal position, as in Figs. 1 and 2. .At the opposite end of the handle `from head 3 isa sleeve 9, which I have shownas provided with a flange 10, Conforming to the shape of the handle and through which the sheath slides freely. This sleeve is threaded to engage a correspondin g thread on Athe handle, as at 11.

The sheath is held against rotation bythe enf. gagement of a serewpin-`12 with a recess 13.`

(which may be either a groove or slot) in the sheath, and the outward movement `of' the` sheath is limited bythe engagement of head 7 with the inner' end of sleeve 9, as clearly Ishown in Fig. 2.

14. denotes ,a cord which -passes into the tube at the base of'the handle and out therefrom through an opening 15.` 16 denotes a tension-spring lying in said opening', the free en d of which engagesv the cord and places a slight amount of tension thereon and prevents the cord lfrom slipping backward under any circumstances. I After passing out of the tube the cord lies in a groove 17 in the outer' side thereof, which is in alinement with they At theV usual long groove 18 of the needle. outer end of the sheath I form vin one side a cutting-notch 19. This. notch is shown in Figs.2 and 4 as outwardly beveled, and in practice may be formed in the sheath itself or in a piece of steel 20, which is set into the `metal of the sheath.. Opposite to the Cuttingnotch I form a recess 21, at one side of which is a hook-shaped projection 22, which I shall refer to as a hook. v

InFig. 10 I have showna modified form, Ain which cutting-notch 19 in the end of the sheath is dispensed with, and in lieu thereof `I provide a double edged V shaped cutter upon the outer side of the sheath. This cutter I place a sufficient distance from-the end of the sheath, so that it will not interfere with the tying of a` knot. 24 and 25 denote arti- IOO cles connected byacord to illustrate the man ner in which the device` is used.

vIn Fig. 11 I have illustrated a form of neef' dle in which a ytension-spring 16, operating used either with orwithout a tension-spring inthe tube. l

The operation of my novel tagging-needle is as follows Having threaded the needle, the operator holds the articles to be attached firmly together, places the end of the sheath against them, and by applying pressure tov -the handle forces the needle through the ar-` ticles, as clearly shown in` Fig. 3, spring 8 yielding asA the pressure is applied. While the vparts are .in the position illustrated in v Fig. 3, the operator takes hold o'f the freelend of the cord and pulls through as much as may be required. He.` then relieves'the pressure upon the handle, which allows spring 8 to withdraw the needle from the articles and return the sheath to its normal position., asin Figs. 2 and 4. He then draws the tool back, allowing cord to pass through, as in Fig. 4, and then 'severs the cord by holding the'sheath at aniangle to the position indicated in Fig. 4 and drawing the cord across the edge of the cutter. ends of the piece of cord which has been cut off with the thumb and Aindex linger of the left lhand and, holding theV device in theright hand, place thesheath in substantially the position indicated in Fig. 5 recess 21 being preferably toward the operator and the sheath be.- ing between the operator and the cord. The

l operator, still holdingl the device by the handie, passes the sheath over the doubled cord,

` the cord forward, leaving the, loop around the then downward under the cord, and then upward' to the position shown in Fig. 6, a loop of the doubled cord being'now wound about the sheath;A The operator theny passes the ends of sheath, passes both straudsinto recess 21, and draws the ends of the cord backward 'from the end of the sheath, as clearly shown in Fig. 7. The operator then allows the doubled loop of cord which has been formed about the sheath to slip o, drawing the sheath backward, but

f retaining both strands of the cord in engagement with the hook. The position` of thev partly-formed knot as the lo'op of cord slips ofithe sheath,both strands of the bow remaining in engagementwiththe hook, is clearly shown in Fig. 8. By holding the ends of the cordv and drawing the sheath backward lthe operator may tighten the knot which is formed from ,the double loop of cord, which wasrst' formed `about the sheath and then allowed to slip off, as clearly shown in Fig. 9.v The bow of the knot may belong or short, asdesired. The knot thus tied cannot be untied by pulling on the bow, which I have indicated by a,

nor upon either of thev strands b b of the main cord, but may be unticdl readily by pulling upon the ends c c. Ifvahard knot is desired,

The-operator may then hold the two.

Athe operator simplydraws ends c c out of the knot-75. e., toward the right, as seen in Fig.,8.

' Having thus described my invention, I

1. Adevice of the character described, comprising a handle, a tubeeXtend-ing through and 'beyond the handle at one end and hav-l ing an opening through which the cord passes outward, a needle at the outer end of the tube and a spring-actuated sheath which normally incloses the outer end of the tube and theA ing anopening through which the cord passes outward, a needle at the outer end 'of the tube, a tension-spring which preventsthe cord from slipping backward and a spring actuated sheath which normally incloses the outer end of the tube and'the'needle and is adapted to be pressed backward to uncover the needle in use. n

3. A device of the character described comprisinga hairdle, a tube extending through and beyondthe handle at. one end and having an opening through which the cord passes outward,a needleat the outer end of the tube, a tension-spring recessed into the needle which prevents the cordfroin slipping backward and a* spring-actuated sheath which normally incloses' the outer end of the tube and the needle and isadapted to be pressed backward to uncover the needle in use.

4, l Adevice ofthe character described,co1n

prising a handle,.a tubevextending through and beyond ,theA handle at its outer end and having an opening through which the cord ,passes outward, a needle at the outer end of the tube, a sheath which normally incloses the outer end of the tube and theneedle and is provided with a head 7, and a spring lying within the handleand acting against head 7 to hold the sheath'at its normal position.

l 5. A device of the character described comprising a handle, al tube extending through and beyond theI handle at one endand having an opening through which the cord passes outward', a needle at the outer end of the tube,

a spring-actuated sheath which normally incloses the outer end of the tube and the needle and is providedwith a recess 13, a sleeve 9 in the handle through'which the sheath passes freely and a screw-pin in the sleeve which engages the recess to hold the sheath against rotation.

FRANK M. JonNsoN.

AWitnesses I W. E. BROWN, HENRYv HOAR.

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